GLIS Launches as 'Focused and Reinvigorated Organization'

April 18, 2012

April 18, 2012 - The Geographic and Land Information Society (GLIS) has reorganized
into an independent entity. Following is a statement from
the GLIS board:
The
Geographic and Land Information Society (GLIS) is pleased to announce a new
focused and
reinvigorated
organization! When the imminent merger of the American Congress on Surveying
and Mapping (ACSM) into the
National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) takes place, GLIS will
no longer be a member organization of ACSM.

We
are enthusiastically launching into a new era for GLIS, and we ask for your
continued support in building an even better organization,
worthy of your membership. This is a great time for those wanting to be an
integral part of a forward-thinking professional
geospatial organization that provides opportunities, resources, and benefits to
their members to join GLIS. GLIS intends to build our organization to be
the national premier surveying and mapping organization for all that have an interest
in promoting and working with geospatial data for the professional land
surveying, geographic information systems,
and engineering industries.

The
benefits to GLIS membership include:

Access to
online training for continuing education. Each member will receive 2 hours of
on-line ethics training for free,
and discounts on other online courses.

Access to
the latest publication on science, business, technology, ethics, education, and
theories with their online peer-reviewed
journal SaLIS

Access to
open-source surveying and mapping software portal. This portal provides free
software developed tools that
work with existing surveying and mapping systems and software in use by
surveying and mapping.

Access to
our online data and education text book series. GLIS has built and
maintains links to free educational information
concerning surveying and mapping.

Access to
archived SaLIS journals

A
multitude of opportunities to collaborate with other geospatial organizations

GLIS is
ready to take advantage of all of the opportunities within the geospatial
world. As GLIS grows, we will be looking for energetic
individuals who are passionate about the geospatial industry and who are
willing to champion, lead and participate
on various task forces and committees including standards, education, and
public relations. If you have an interest
in working on any of these efforts, please contact one of the officers.

Our
vision for GLIS is to further develop our organization to become the
national go-to organization for surveying-related GIS
concerns and issues. We plan to provide a continuing forum for communication
and coordination between GIS and surveying
professionals; develop useful educational events and materials; and support
local, regional, and national cooperation
among other GIS and surveying organizations. We intend to foster the
development and adoption of useful standards,
specifications, and procedures for the development and operation of land
information systems. We are looking to
create new ideas, new talent and new energy. GLIS full membership is
currently open to all individuals and organizations that
have an interest in the geospatial industry, which means that anyone can become
a contributing, voting member at
any
point in their career. There are also opportunities for any member to become an
officer/director of GLIS if they so choose.

Please
visit our new website at www.g-lis.org
to join or renew your membership in GLIS. You have the option of
paying your
dues with a debit card, a credit card, a PayPal account or by check. Stay tuned
to this new website for important new
information
in the coming weeks as we move forward.

Again,
thank you for your support and dedication to our national organization. We look
forward to working with you to
promote
the geospatial industry and strengthening this organization in the coming
years.
Comments
can be sent to President@g-lis.org.